The Knicks will likely still be without point guard Raymond Felton when they begin a three-game Texas road swing Thursday in San Antonio.

Felton has been out since Dec. 10 with a strained right groin.

“I don’t think so,” Mike Woodson said when asked if Felton might be available against the Spurs. “I don’t think so, unless something changes, but I don’t think so.”

Pushed on Felton, Woodson said: “Until the medical and Ray agree he’s ready to go, he’s not on the floor practicing yet. So, I want Ray back in uniform but I can’t push a button and say, ‘Ray, you’re playing tomorrow.’ It’s not that type of deal. He’s got to go through the process and we’ll get him back when he’s ready.”

Felton has been in and out of the lineup this season with groin and hamstring injuries. He’s averaging 10.3 points and 5.2 assists.

Felton, Prigioni and J.R. Smith all got treatment Monday and only did some shooting.

“[Smith] was just taking it easy today,” Woodson said. “He played a lot of minutes based on coming off flu-like symptoms. Hey he’ll be ready to play. He’s not the one, I’m just trying to get those other three guys back ready.”

Adam Zagoria covers the New York Knicks and Big East hoops for NBA.com and SNY.tv. He also appears as a Big East Basketball Insider on SNY and 1050 ESPN Radio. You can follow him on Twitter and read his blog.

"Consider this: Mike Woodson loudly claims the Knicks shouldn't be switching assignments, yet a rewatch of Saturday's loss in Toronto to the Raptors showed 72 attempted switches . . . the Knicks ended up with nearly a switch per possession. If Woodson really isn't endorsing that strategy, perhaps he should let his players know, because they sure don't seem to be following orders."

Felton may be the best point we have but I thing he's an overweight lazy ballplayer. he may be in general shape but not NBA everyday player type of shape and his injuries are the result of that. And as far as I'm concerned I don't think he's ever really been in top shape. When was the last time we've seen any of our points break down the defense to the point where they were on some news' reels top ten sports plays....smh, and it's only December!

@Tikki sadly the initial defense of the pick and roll play is piss poor. A major theme coming from those breakdowns in coverage's is the fact that the Knicks cannot keep opposing point guards out of the lane. On a majority of those still-shots, the point guards are in a trailing position which confuses and creates mis-matches.

Sadly this is a coaching and an effort issue. The coach needs to adjust by either trapping on the initial pick n roll or the players need to sacrifice their bodies to get over the initial pick n roll play.

@Kiyan Carter lol... but if it were to happen and tests positive, there should be penalties and consequences because he knows and understands what he can and can't do, especially after going through it earlier this year!